Samuel Benjamin Thompson
Samuel Benjamin Thompson (October 11, 1837 - August 1909) was a lawyer, judicial official, and Reconstruction Era politician in South Carolina.[1][2]
He was a delegate to the 1865 South Carolina Constitutional Constitutional Convention.[3] He was also an elected member of the 48th general assembly from 1868 to 1870, one of the four representatives for Richland County.[4] He served as a state legislator for six years as well as a justice of the peace for eight years.[3]
He was the uncle of Charleston doctor Alonzo Clifton McClennan. He married Eliza Henrietta Montgomery and had nine children. Their eldest child, Clarissa Minnie Thompson Allen, became an educator and author.[3]
He and eight other reconstruction era legislators are buried at Randolph Cemetery.[1]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).